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Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber win big at Billboard Music Awards

(Las Vegas, NV) -- In case there was any doubt, Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards confirmed the fact that Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber have been two of the music world's most dominating forces this past year.

Both artists took home multiple awards at the Las Vegas ceremony, including Artist of the Year and Top Female Artist for Swift, and Top Male Artist for Bieber. Justin also picked up the inaugural Milestone Award. During his acceptance speech, he argued that his career isn't just a gimmick and people should start taking his "craft" seriously and stop talking about all the, quote, "bull."

Other Billboard Music Award winners included Nicki Minaj for Top Rap Artist and David Guetta for Top EDM Artist. Carly Rae Jepsen's smash single "Call Me Maybe" was named Top Digital Song, and hip-hop newcomers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' chart-topper "Thrift Shop" won the Top Rap Song trophy. Many of the winners weren't announced during the broadcast, including One Direction for Top New Artist and Gotye for Top Hot 100 Artist.

Madonna was there, however, to pick up the Top Touring Artist award. After joking about the amount of her rear end the producers would allow her to reveal, the pop queen thanked all her fans for coming out to her shows and supporting her for the past three decades.

Another legendary performer, Prince, took the stage after being honored with this year's Icon Award for a ceremony-closing performance that started with a new take on his classic "Let's Go Crazy." But Prince wasn't the only one entertaining the crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Sunday night. Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bruno Mars, Icona Pop, the Band Perry, Ed Sheeran, and many, many more also performed. Tracy Morgan served as the emcee for the event, which was broadcast on ABC.

Here are the winners of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards:

Artist Awards:

Artist of the Year -- Taylor Swift

Icon Award -- Prince

Milestone Award -- Justin Bieber

Top Duo/Group -- One Direction

Top New Artist --One Direction

Top Male Artist -- Justin Bieber

Top Female Artist -- Taylor Swift

Hot 100 Artist -- Maroon 5

Billboard 200 Artist -- Taylor Swift

Digital Songs Artist -- Taylor Swift

Radio Songs Artist -- Rihanna

Touring Artist -- Madonna

Social Artist -- Justin Bieber

Streaming Artist -- Nicki Minaj

Pop Artist -- One Direction

R&B Artist -- Rihanna

Rap Artist -- Nicki Minaj

Country Artist -- Taylor Swift

Rock Artist -- fun.

Latin Artist -- Jenni Rivera

Dance Artist -- Madonna

EDM Artist -- David Guetta

Christian Artist -- tobyMac

Album Awards:

Top Billboard 200 Album -- "Red" -- Taylor Swift

Top Pop Album -- "21" -- Adele

Top R&B Album -- "Unapologetic" -- Rihanna

Top Rap Album -- "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" -- Nicki Minaj

Top Country Album -- "Red" -- Taylor Swift

Top Rock Album -- "Babel" -- Mumford & Sons

Top Latin Album -- "Las Misma Gran Senora" -- Jenni Rivera

Top Dance Album -- "MDNA" -- Madonna

Top EDM Album -- "Bangarang" -- Skrillex

Top Christian Album -- "Eye On It" -- Top Christian Album

Songs Awards:

Top Hot 100 Song -- Gotye feat. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know"

Top Digital Song -- Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"

Top Radio Song -- Gotye feat. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know"

Top Streaming Song (Audio) -- Gotye feat. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know"

Top Pop Song -- "Call Me Maybe" -- Carly Rae Jepsen

Top R&B Song -- "Diamonds" -- Rihanna

Top Rap Song -- "Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Top Country Song -- Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

Top Rock Song -- Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know"